From 42333d27d0165e0e28e39ee7b409e0ae301e241f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Oscar=20Nihlg=C3=A5rd?= <oscarnihlgard@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:55:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't assume utcOffset == +0 for old dates on Windows (#8744)

---
 lib/pure/times.nim | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/pure/times.nim b/lib/pure/times.nim
index 6251c70d91..9f6ea5722b 100644
--- a/lib/pure/times.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/times.nim
@@ -957,6 +957,17 @@ else:
     result.inc tm.second
 
   proc getLocalOffsetAndDst(unix: int64): tuple[offset: int, dst: bool] =
+    # Windows can't handle unix < 0, so we fall back to unix = 0.
+    # FIXME: This should be improved by falling back to the WinAPI instead.
+    when defined(windows):
+      if unix < 0:
+        var a = 0.CTime
+        let tmPtr = localtime(addr(a))
+        if not tmPtr.isNil:
+          let tm = tmPtr[]
+          return ((0 - tm.toAdjUnix).int, false)
+        return (0, false)
+
     var a = unix.CTime
     let tmPtr = localtime(addr(a))
     if not tmPtr.isNil: